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I like the Tremble pick but he is a project IMO. Not saying we want won't see him but 25% seems pretty high for a raw rookie that was kinda niche player in college. I think he was drafted for his upside down the road and what he could develop into more than anything. people are putting a lot of expectations on some of these guys. The main function of a lot these would be block on the line. I just don't' think we can afford to take a lot of chances with rookies up front early given the gamble they have made trying to redeem Sam Darnold.

Julius from UNC. He seemed to give off the JAG vibe. also that guy Reggie that only lasted a year and sounded like a preacher

I think some for blockchain stuff is interesting and I would assume some aspects of the crypto world will bleed over. Especially as the world gets smaller, we continue to move online and seek to move faster. I think there are some legit projects trying to do some good big picture things. I don’t call it investing. I think it is worthwhile to speculate in it if you have money you don’t care about. Most of it will go away. But I still don’t get Bitcoin at this point. Seems already outdated and old vs the field (and we are still in the speculation era) ….and IMO it’s now being pimped as digital gold because everyone knows it won’t serve a functional purpose in this space down the road vs what others are doing. A lot of it IMO is just digital beanie babies and garbage. Most of it. You aren’t going to want to be sitting their at the end with them. But you can defiantly make some short term cash doing that.

what's the expression the kids are using... paper hands? pretty ugly. or a great time to buy. Guess it depends.

T came out yesterday and announced they would be reducing their dividend. but yeah, they are focused on working on that debt. Probably good for their long term health and growth as well to staying competitive with everything that will be coming in that area. I think they are really focused on getting the stock price up more on par w/ their competitors. But that will take time. But for anyone in short term. My bad. I bought some. Should of told you. The stock gods always like to come at me when I buy something to make me second guess myself. Especially of late.

I think in 2021 we see Horn start and we see some Marshall worked in to a small but legit role. that’s about all I expect in 2021. Maybe Chubba earns a rep here or there. Maybe the long snapper has a shot Everyone else is going to need some time to develop. I don’t buy trying to salvage Darnold and then throwing Christisen, Cornbread, Tremble out there on the OL as rookies. We might see them at some point but I don’t expect their roles to be much as rookies.

Yeah, we should have won multiple championships. I mean a bunch of our JAGs were Pro Bowlers.

in the context of football?

Typo?

Jones and Barnett were highly criticized about their passing ability while in college though. Just like some of Urban's FL boys. Nice stats. Wins. But not good passers. That was never Fields. Who outplayed Lawrence twice head to head in the college playoffs and probably the most accurate QB in this draft. Haskins was a good passer. Not a runner like everyone else. But only had 1 college season to name and then went to a NFL team whose coaches (2) didn't want him. But the little we saw of him wasn't good at all. But talk about a bad landing.

it just seems like a guarantee this topic will be bumped at some point this season....

I agree that there will be a lot more Lucks and Lukes going forward. High draft picks that get that first big contract.....and decide the smart move is not trash your body by maxing it out in the NFL. My money has is still on Trevor and Fields out of this draft. I've never really bought in on the rest of them. They all have bigger question marks to me.

I mean, you toss Lance and Fields out there day 1.....and there teams will have more wins than Trevor's team this season. No doubt about that. Both those teams can push .500 with basically getting little from the QB spot. I don't think you can judge a QB by that. I fully expect Lawrence and Wilson to have loosing seasons and a lot of picks. There teams will be playing from behind and they don't have the weapons to make that easy on a young QB.

Trevor is more like a QB robot. Kinda like Peyton Manning if you gave him some decent wheels. Not saying that is what he will be, but that kinda is the mold. Easily the highest floor of the group. Zach Wilson has a crazy arm. No doubt. I think he probably will make some of the worst decisions with the ball though if ranked with that group.

Defender of the Fresh Biscuit? I think not.

During his 5 seasons here, Michael Bates made 5 Pro Bowls.

I mean, the rules have dramatically changed the game. The NFL wants points. They want to highlight the QBs in generating those points. and as a result of that, WRs have it easier. Much easier to come into the NFL now as a WR with the rules stacking the deck in your favor vs prior eras IMO.

I think if you were a Pro Bowler while in Carolina....that probably means you don't qualify as a JAG

I remember that talk going on. I'm not sure the argument held up though. College did stuff different. They were getting their hands on great athletes at QB and using them. NFL didn't like seeing the different stuff at first. So they bashed it because they didn't run those concepts with Eli Manning, Philip Rivers, etc. I haven't looked at stats, and a lot of it is probably the rule changes and softer coverage....but WRs seem to have an easier time transitioning now.

and Kelly Bryant went 16-2 and had the job before Lawrence. He went to the college playoffs his first year as the starter and would have gone back the second year too. Clemson is a super friendly place to find success. But no one ever mentions any of that with Trevor. Eyeball test. Trevor was a different. I think Fields was similar in that respect...when you look at him vs others that played up there.

Clemson runs a QB friendly system too. Dabo is still a product of the Tommy Bowden tree. But I've never heard anyone talk about Charlie Whitehurst, Taj Boyd, etc when Trevor's name gets brought up.

Hoov is basically a Panther GOAT and legend so I think removes him from my definition of a JAG. Plus, I think there were stretches where he was the best lead blocker in the NFL. To me, you can't be a JAG and be the best at something. Even if it isn't sexy. Definition of JAG is pretty vague though. I'll go Kurt Coleman. He wasn't really good. He did some dumb stuff. But he brought some pop to the secondary.....and we rarely have seen that here.

No doubt. Cam IMO is the best short yardage weapon in NFL history. Bill isn't going to not use him.

Marty was good early. It all fell apart when the lockout talk hit. Contracts and it all fell about for him.

Yep, you get removed from different coaches and schemes….the fact played guys played at the same schools becomes pretty meaningless. Haskins has more connection to FLTebow than Fields for example